Re: [-empyre-] Viewing Axalotls

["arteonline" <arteonline@arteonline.arq.br>]

Hi Jim and all,

Thanks for clarify me. Now I have understood what you meant and you are
quite sure. The "game" is the "grand finale" which links all the blocks of
the piece and try to show the real meaning of it. Thanks for your smart
observation.

Some  people can feel a sensation of unfamiliarity viewing mine "axolotls",
but it was my intention when I built the work. It is just the sensation that
Cortazar's story have provoked in me while reading it. I think it is the
sensation we have while viewing real axolotls... The grey scale of the work
was chosen just because of this.

If you want  to know the complete Cortazar's text, you will find it in
http://arteonline.arq.br/viewing_axolotls . There is an english version,
just click the first button.

Do not forget that Pop Up Windows available are a condition to see all my
works.

Regina

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Andrews" <jim@vispo.com>
To: "soft_skinned_space" <empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 5:45 AM
Subject: RE: [-empyre-] Viewing Axalotls


>
> > >>>>>>>>I did not understand very well what you are saying , but
> > my "Games"
> > are not  really Games, they are more/less games, they are  interfaces to
> > show thoughts. In fact it would be impossible for me to build a good
game
> > in the strict sense of the term. I never had the intention of
> > doing this. To
> > do an excellent game is necessary to be a programmer or to work
> > with someone
> > else who knows how programming. However I can appreciate a good
> > Art Game as
> > Arteroides, for example.
> >
> > Regina
>
> Sorry, Regina. Basically I meant to say that I like the way "Viewing
> Axalotls" ( http://arteonline.arq.br/viewing_axolotls ) makes us question
> our notions of what a game is, and also I like the way it explores
relations
> between game and art. Probably several people on the list who make
> interactive work have had the experience where they make a piece that is
> interactive and some people remark that it felt sort of like a game. And
> these are invariably from people who enjoyed the piece. So there are these
> interesting connections between art, play, and game.
>
> The game section of "Viewing Axalotls" is only one of the sections. There
> are others. This is another aspect of the work. You approach the work from
> several different perspectives and activities. It is fun to make
connections
> between the different parts of the piece. They are the fundamental
'building
> blocks' of the piece.
>
> I suppose your use of the game motif is partly to tie the seven sections
> together?
>
> ja
>
>
>
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